WWII Flashcards

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Japanese pilots who flew suicide bombers

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Kamikaze

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Natzis plan for extermination of the Jews

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Final solution

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Great Britains policy towards Germany (belief that they gave into reasonable demands)

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Policy of appeasement

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4
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What was the impact of Pearl Harbor

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US joined the war

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What’s the Mukden incident

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Excuse to conquer Manchuria

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Name of conference where they discussed how they are going to attack Germany

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Tehran conference

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Treaty gave Hitler permission to attack Poland

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Natzi-soviet non-aggression pact

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8
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History’s greatest naval invasion

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D day

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Name given to Germany group to round up Jews and kill them

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Einsatzgruppen

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10
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Period of political tension following WWII

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The Cold War

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Grown war for lighting war using tanks and airplanes

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Blitzkrieg

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12
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Neville Chamberlan said the Munic conference meant what

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Peace in our time

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Who were he leaders of Germany Italy and the Soviet Union at the beginning of WWII

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Hitler Mussolini Stalin

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14
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Which country did Germany invade to start WWII

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Poland

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15
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Hitler’s annexation of Austria was called

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Anschluss

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16
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Name the battle where “never was so much owed by so many to so few”

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Battle of Britain

17
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What battle was the turning point in the wad in the pacific against the Japanese

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When did WWII start

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Sep 1 1939

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Where did Britain get trapped

20
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Hitler postponed his invasion what battle and why

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Battle of Britain, British Air Force to great. Needed time to regroup

21
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When did Japan attack Pearl Harbor

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Dec 7 1941

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1942 allies

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Us Great Britain Soviet Union

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1942 axis

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Germany Italy Japan

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What happened on 1942 to give the Allies the upper hand

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North America: German forces defeated by Rommel at El Alamein. Russia: Germany 6th army surrenders at battle of Stalingrad

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Largest tank battle in WWII
Kursk
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When does Germany surrender
Nov 7 1945
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What did Heinrich Himmler do
Resettle Germans in the east. Or make "living space" for them
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Biggest death camp
Auschwitz
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Who formed and what was the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Japan. Organize its conquests
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What did the soviet women do
Worked in factories railroads and mines. Dig anti-tank ditches. Snipers and bombers
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What did Albert Speer do
He was made minister of armaments. Had was able to triple the production armaments between 1942-1943
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What was the blitz
Bombing of London
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What happened at the Yalta Conference when was it
Creation of United Nations. Free elections. Divide Germany in 4 parts fed 1945
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When was the Tehran conference and what happened
Nov. 1943. Invasion of France by 1944. Partition of Germany
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When and what happened at the Potsdam conference
July 1945. Argued about free elections. Trails for those who committed crimes against humanity in Nuremberg Germany.
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Who said an Iron curtain had descended across Europe
Winston Churchill